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Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator)

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Emperor dragonfly nymph

© Brian Bevan / www.ardea.com
Emperor dragonfly nymphs, three colour forms

© Roger Tidman / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Emperor dragonfly nymph underwater

© Simon Booth / www.photoshot.com
Emperor dragonfly nymph using its jaws to capture a larva

© Bartomeu Borrell / Biosphoto
Emperor dragonfly larva feeding on tadpole

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Larva of emperor dragonfly feeding on alevin

© Gilles Martin / Biosphoto
Adult emperor dragonfly emerging

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Emperor dragonfly emerging

© Jean-Marie Prevot / Biosphoto
Emperor dragonfly chrysalis shell

© Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / naturepl.com
Immature emperor dragonfly, wings not fully opened

© Cedric Jacquet / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Immature emperor dragonfly drying wings

© Richard Ford / naturalvisions.co.uk
Freshly emerged emperor dragonfly

© Colin Varndell / naturepl.com
Immature male emperor dragonfly

© Robert Thompson / naturepl.com
Female emperor dragonfly

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Emperor dragonfly

© Marshall Black / gettyimages.com
Male emperor dragonfly

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Emperor dragonfly

© David Element
Emperor dragonfly on a leaf of cattail in a pool

© Pierre Huguet / Biosphoto
Emperor dragonfly

© David Element
Emperor dragonfly

© Sinclair Stammers / naturepl.com
Emperor dragonfly

© David Element
Emperor dragonfly, close up of wings

© Julien Poirion / Biosphoto
Emperor dragonfly in flight above water

© Ghislain Simard / Biosphoto
Emperor dragonfly in flight

© Stephen Dalton / naturepl.com
Female emperor dragonfly

© André Maurer / Biosphoto
Emperor dragonfly drying its dew-covered wings

© Sébastien Herent / Biosphoto
Emperor dragonfly in flight

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Female emperor dragonfly bending the abdomen to indicate not ready for mating

© Tony Hamblin / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Emperor dragonflies mating

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Female emperor dragonfly laying eggs in submerged aquatic vegetation

© Malcolm Schuyl / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Emperor dragonfly ovipositing in water

© Geoff Dore / naturepl.com
Female emperor dragonfly in flight after egg laying

© Tony Hamblin / www.flpa-images.co.uk

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